But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
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His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Psalms
PoetryMake bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFrom thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
Numbers
Law / MosesThe ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
Exodus
LawAnd he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLet them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Deuteronomy
LawBut the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Nehemiah
HistoryNeither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBlessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.